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Victoria (Mitchell). 



New Braunfela, San Antonio, Dallas, Helotes (Cope 4 ). 

 McLennan, Bosque, Falls, Burnet and Refugio counties. 

 27. Hyla arenicolor Cope. 



Hyla copii Boulenger, from El Paso, described in the Annals and 

 Magazine of Natural History for 1887, p. 53, is referred to this species by 

 Cope.* 



28. Hyla versicolor chrysoscelis Cope. 



WESTERN TREE FROG. 



Cope first described this form as a variety of Hyla femoralis Lat. It 

 has a wide distribution in Texas but does not appear to be common in 

 any locality. 



Cope 4 records specimens of Hyla versicolor from Gainsville ( Ragsdale) 

 and New Braunfels (Lindheimer) and specimens of Hyla femoralis Lat. 

 rar chrysoscelis 3 from Dallas. All of these specimens should probably 

 lie referred to chrysoscelis. Waco specimens of this variety are indistin- 

 guishable from specimens from Hot Springs, Arkansas, identified by Dr. 

 Stejneger. Mr. C. S. Brimley of Raleigh, N. C, writes me that he has 

 received specimens of this type (rersicolor) from San Antonio. 



29. Smilisca baudinii Dum. A Bibr. 



VAX VLIET'S TREE FROG. 

 Baird described specimens of this tree frog from Brownsville under 

 the name of Hyla vanvlietti. It is a rare species and occurs only in the 

 extreme southern portion of the State. In addition to the specimens from 

 Brownsville mentioned by Baird, Cope 3 records it from Helotes and I 

 have collected it near Refugio. 



30. Lithodytes latrans Cope. 



ROBBER FROG ; BARKING FROG, 



Described from specimens collected by Marnock at Helotes, Bexar 

 County. I have collected one specimen at Waco. This curious frog is 

 probably widely distributed, but on account of its peculiar habits is rarely 

 seen. In Burnet and Brewster counties I frequently heard a peculiar 

 barking noise which I was satisfied was the voice of a frog. I was told 

 by the natives that this noise was made by the "bull" lizard (CrotapJtytus), 

 but 1 knew this to be untrue as I had captured dozens of these lizards and 

 I had never known them to emit. the sligbtest sound. 



31. Syrrhopus marnochii Cope. 

 MARNOCK'S FROG. 

 Helotes, Bexar County, is the type and only locality, so far as is now 

 known. 



* cope mentions a specimen of Hyla regilla B. & G. from Ringgold barracks as being 

 in the U. S. National Museum. No reference to this specimen is made by Frederick 

 Cleveland Test in his paper, "Variations of the tree frog Hyla regilla" (Proc. U. S. 

 Nat. Mus., Vol. 21) although he lists the entire series in the National collection. Hyla 

 regilla is not likely to occur in Texas, so Cope's record may have been baseil on a speci- 

 men wrongly labelled or on an example of some other species of Hyla. 



